Greek mythology
Scylla
Six-headed horror baying from the strait's high cliff
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Monsters
- Appears in
- The Odyssey
- Places
- Strait of Messina
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Scylla is the monster of the narrow strait, once a lovely nymph poisoned into horror by jealous Circe. Six ravening heads on long necks lunge from her cliff, each snatching a sailor from passing ships. Opposite her churns Charybdis, leaving seafarers no safe course between them.
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- Who is Scylla?
- Scylla is the monster of the narrow strait, once a lovely nymph poisoned into horror by jealous Circe. Six ravening heads on long necks lunge from her cliff, each snatching a sailor from passing ships. Opposite her churns Charybdis, leaving seafarers no safe course between them.
- Which mythology does Scylla belong to?
- Scylla belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Scylla appear in?
- Scylla appears in The Odyssey, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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